The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM©) has announced their new SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP™) and SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP™) certifications. SHRM launched an unparalleled study to define knowledge and competencies required of today's HR leaders. The result of this research was the SHRM HR Competency Model which forms an Important foundation for the new SHRM Certification. This next generation SHRM Certification will be available in 2015.